Improvement in ticket-cases



D. T. VINE & T. J'. SCHULER.

TICKET-CASE. I

Patented Nov.1 6,1 875.

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N PEIERS, PHOTO-L THOGRAPHER WASHINGTON o C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID T. VINE. AND THEODORE J. SCHULER, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TICKET-CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170,] 33, datedNovember 16, 1875; application filed October 4, 1875.

making a part of this specification.

The nature of our inventionconsists in the construction and arrangementof a label-case for druggists, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In order to enable others skilled in" the art to which our inventionappertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in whichFigure l is a perspective view of our labelcase, and Fig. 2 is atransverse vertical section of the same.

A represents the base of the label-case, in which is a drawer, B, and ontop of the base is secured a back, 0, with narrow side strips D D,fastened to the edges thereof, said, back and side strips supporting atop, E, which may be made ornamental or plain, as desired. To the frontedge of each of the side strips 1), is hinged a frame or case, G,divided into a number of small boxes or compartments, havingslightly-inclined bottoms, as shown particularly in Fig. 2. These cases,when closed together, fill the space between the base A and top E, andare held by means of a suitable spring-catch, a. The various chambers orcompartments are filled with their respective labels, and on top of eachpile of labels is 'placed a wedge-shaped weight, H. Under each chamberis an aperture, b, extending through the front of the case and thebottom of the chamber, and immediately over the bottom of each chamberis a narrow slit, 2', in the front of the case. By, therefore, insertinga finger through the aperture b, the bottom label in the chamberimmediately above it can be drawn out through the slit 4?, the weight Halways holding the labels down on the bottom of the chamber. Over eachaperture b on the front of the case are pasted, or otherwise affixed,the names of the label contained in the chamber above it. b With thisinvention it is almost an impossibility to affix wrong labels, as is nowoften the case in using the ordinary 1abel-drawer,because, in moving thedrawer out and in, the labels are liable to get misplaced.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters. Patent, is

1. The hinged cases GG, dividedinto smaller chambers or compartments,and provided with the apertures b and slits i, as and for the purposesherein' set forth.

2. The combination of the base A, frame O D E, hinged cases G G, dividedinto smaller compartments, and provided with apertures b and slits i,the spring-catch a, and weights H,

substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsthis 18th day of September, 1875.

DAVID T. VINE. THEODORE J. SOHULER.

Witnesses:

Burns G. OoEETTs, GLARENcE H. HooVEE.

